# Senior Staff Software Engineer, Platform
**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Salary:** $201K-$345K
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Java, Distributed Systems, Platform Infrastructure, System Design, Concurrency, Data Modeling, Networking, Backend Systems
**Posted:** 2026-06-22
> Senior technical leader defining long-term architecture for Rippling's core platform and AI infrastructure. Designs scalable distributed systems and leads cross-org initiatives that power the company's Business Operating System.
## Job Description
## What You Will Do
- Serve as a senior technical leader within Rippling's engineering organization
- Define and drive the long-term architecture of core platform systems that power dozens of products and hundreds of engineers
- Design highly scalable, reliable, and extensible distributed systems that serve as foundational building blocks across the company
- Lead large, cross-organizational initiatives that span multiple teams, products, and technical domains
- Translate ambiguous business and product requirements into elegant, durable technical solutions
- Drive architectural decisions that impact the future evolution of Rippling's Business Operating System
- Partner closely with senior engineering leaders to shape platform strategy and technical direction
- Build the infrastructure that enables AI systems to securely interact with live business data, workflows, permissions, and operational systems
- Develop core platform primitives that accelerate product development across the company
- Raise the engineering bar through mentorship, design reviews, technical leadership, and operational excellence
- Act as the directly responsible individual (DRI) for some of the company's most critical technical initiatives
- Help define how platform infrastructure evolves to support increasingly intelligent and autonomous software systems

## What You Will Need
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience operating at the Staff or Senior Staff level
- Deep expertise designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems
- Strong experience developing platform infrastructure, shared services, or foundational engineering systems
- Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across large engineering organizations
- Strong architectural judgment and a track record of designing systems that scale with both business growth and organizational complexity
- Experience building highly reliable backend systems in languages such as Python, Go, Java, or similar
- Strong computer science fundamentals, including distributed systems, concurrency, data modeling, networking, and systems design
- Experience operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments where ambiguity is high and execution speed matters
- Exceptional communication and influence skills, with the ability to align engineers, engineering leaders, and executive stakeholders
- A product mindset and passion for building platforms that unlock leverage for both developers and customers
- Excitement about the role AI will play in transforming enterprise software and the infrastructure required to support it
**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/senior-staff-software-engineer-platform-at-rippling-cdeb92df-0c50-4591-bc9b-7a052ced7dd0
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/senior-staff-software-engineer-platform-at-rippling-cdeb92df-0c50-4591-bc9b-7a052ced7dd0